Projects
Labor Leaders Climate Forum
The Labor Leaders Climate Forum was officially launched on July 18-19, 2008 at the Pocantico Conference Center in Tarrytown, New York. High level representatives from sixteen US unions and four leaders from the international labor movement attended the two day meeting, along with representatives from Apollo Alliance, Blue-Green Alliance, Worldwatch Institute, US Climate Action Network, PEW Environment Group and Center for American Progress.
The Forum is a two year project that brings US trade unions together with international trade unions and environmental NGOs to discuss climate change. The Forum will help labor leaders think through policy options that meet both the climate challenge and provide opportunities for a more equitable society. Read more.
Global Trade Union Task Force
The Cornell Global Labor Institute has convened a 20-person Global Trade Union Task Force on Development Alternatives. The goal of the Task Force will be to produce a report that articulates an internationalist, sustainable and needs-driven development framework from a North-South perspective. This three year project is scheduled to conclude in June 2009.
The task force consists of union leaders and/or thinkers from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, France, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Philippines, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Trinidad and the United States. Read more.
UN Green Jobs Report
In partnership with the Worldwatch Institute, the Cornell Global Labor Institute co-authored a study for the United Nations Environment Programme entitled "Green Jobs: Towards Sustainable Work in a Low Carbon World." The report was released September 2008. Read more.
